Wagon-chute.



I. G. SMITH.

WAGON CHUTE.

` APPLIGATION FILED JUNE 11, 1910.

Patented NOV. 28, 1911.

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JOHN G. SMITH, 0F PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

WAGON-CHUTE.

Speccationfof Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 28, 1911.

Application filed June 11, 1910. ySerialvNo. 566,312.

T o all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN Gr. SMITH, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and Improved Wagon-Chute, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to wagon chutes of a type adapted to be used with wagons car rying coal, grain, or the like, and is so arranged that it can be shifted to direct a stream of the material from the wagon to either side thereof.

An object of this invention is to provide a device which will be simple in construction, inexpensive to manufacture, readily ac# cessible, strong, durable, and easily adjusted.

A further object of this invention is toprovide a movable chute capable of being reversed, so as to direct a stream of material to either side, with means for supporting an auxiliary chute, and with means for locking it in any adjusted position.

These and further objects, together with the. construction and combination of parts, will be more fully described hereinafter and particularly set forth in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views, and in which- Figure 1 is a fragmentary perspective view of the end of a wagon with my device attached thereto; Fig. 2 is a vertical section on the line 2 2 of Fig. 8; Fig.`3 is a ver tical section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2; and Fig. 4 is a horizontal section.

Referring more particularly to the separate parts of the device, 1 indicates a wagon, which is provided with a tailboard 2 of any suitable type, the latter having an opening 3 adjacent the bottom thereof, whereby the material in the wagon can be permitted to flow out when the front end of the wagon is raised, as is common in various types of tilting coal-carriers.

For the purpose of controlling the outward flow of the material in the wagon, there is provided a suitable door 4, which is shown in the form of asliding member slidingly mounted on the tailboard 2 by means of guides 5. This door 4 may be operated in any suitable manner, as by means of a lever 6 pivoted to the tailboard 2 at 7, and pivotally connected to the door 4 by a link 7a.

Secured in any well known. manner to the tailboard 2, in juxtaposition to the opening 3, so as to form a guiding member around the same, there is provided a stationary chute 8..4 The chute 8, which may be termed the primary chute, is provided with a bar 9, which may be of any suitable material, but is preferably wedge-shaped, so as to conveniently divide the stream of material from the wagon, and which forms a supporting member for an auxiliary or movable chute 10. This chute 10 is provided with an opening adapted to extend in alinement with the opening 3 and the tubular opening of the chute 8, and-is further provided with a bar 11, similarly located to the bar 9, and forming a supporting member for the chute 10, whereby it is supported on the bar 9 by means of a pin or yscrew bolt 12, which passes .through alined openings in the bars 9 and 11. This pin or screw bolt 12 forms a pivot for the chute 10, whereby it may swing relative to the chute 8. It will be noted that the chute 10 is' closed by a lpart-ition 13 at its rear, and has sloping top, bottom and side faces, which diverge outwardly from each other to form the outlet of the chute of greater dimensions than the rear. This chute 10 may be said to have a flat rear side, provided with an opening, a sloping front side, and sloping top and bottom sides, with an opening or outlet at one end. The purpose of having the top and bottom inclined is so as to form a downwardly-in clined chute to whichever side of the wagon the chute is directed.

For the purpose of shifting the chute from one side to the other, there is provided a suitable hand crank 14. In order to lock the movable chute 10 in either of its adjusted positions `relative to the stationary chute 8, there are provided on the chute 10, preferably in the hand-crank 14, and in fianges 15 and 16 on the chute 8, openings 17, which are adapted to be brought into alinement, and through which is inserted a suitable locking pin or lug 18. This pin or lug 18 may be held stationary on the hand crank 14, and slipped into the openings in the flanges 15 and 16, or, if desired, a pair of pins may be placed on the flanges 15 and 16, and the hole in the hand crank left open.

In order to form a continuous path for the material being delivered from the wagon l, there is provided a supplementary chute 18, which has lugs 19 thereon, whereby the chute 18 may be supported on hangers 20 and 2l, disposed on opposite sides of the chute 10 and secured in any well known manner tothe top and bottom thereof.

The operation of the device will be readily understood when taken in connection with the above description. When it is desired to remove material from the Wagon, the wagon may be tilted by any suitable means,

vto a position inclined from front to rear.

The chute 10 is then swung so that its outlet faces in the direction toward which it is desired to deliver the material, and the gate or door 4 opened the desired amount, after the chute 18 has been attached. It is to be noted that this arrangement is highly desirable in the case of narrow streets, where the thoroughfare would be blocked up by backing the wagon up on the curb-stone, in that it permits the wagon to be driven alongside of the curb-stone on either side of the street, and just as surely directs the material properly to the place desired, with no loss of the material, and with less dust and dirt than is usually the case.

While I have shown one embodiment of my invention, I do not wish to be limited to the specific details thereof, but desire to be protected in various changes, modifications and alterations which come within the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. The combination with a wagon, of a chute for said wagon, a bar extending across said chute and having an inwardly-extending wedge body portion adapted to divide the material passing therethrough, a reversible chute pivotally secured to said bar, a handle on said reversible chute for manipulating the same, and a locking member on said handle for securing said reversible chute in a plurality of positions of adjustment.

2. The combination with a wagon, of a chute secured to said wagon, a wedgeshaped dividing bar secured to said chute, a reversible chute pivotally connected to said bar and having diverging top and bottom sides, a handle for manipulating said reversible chute, U-shaped hangers on said. top and bottom sides, adapted to support an auxiliary chute, said first-mentioned chute having a plurality of locking openings, and a lug on said handle adapted to engage one of said locking openings to lock said reversible chute in either position of adjustment relative to said first-mentioned chute.

3. The combination with a stationary chute, of a movable chute open at one end and closed at the other and having its top and bottom walls sloping toward each other from the open to the closed end, the said chute being pivotally mounted so as to direct its open end to either side of the stationary chute, means for manipulating the movable chute, and means for determining the position of the said movable chute.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specication in t-he presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN G. SMITH.

Witnesses:

WINIFRED WISE, HAROLD A. WISE.

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